a reliable method is described for rapid proliferation of axillary shoots from nodal segment of mature field-grown aromatic and medicinal plant vitex negundo through in vitro culture. of different concentrations of n6-benzyladenine (ba) evaluated as supplements to murahige and skoog (ms) medium, ba at 1mg/l was effective in enhancing bud break and shoot regeneration. response of explants was al...

One of the most significant events of 1996 in Yorkshire and Humberside may have been the creation of a Regional Assembly by its local authorities. While the potential of this initiative to develop a coherent regional voice is considerable, the larger issue of devolution is unlikely to move forward until after the 1997 General Election. In this issue of The Regional Review we welcome the birth o...

Urban regeneration programmes in the UK over the past 20 years have increasingly focused on attracting investors, middle-class shoppers and visitors by transforming places and creating new consumption spaces. Ensuring that places are safe and are seen to be safe has taken on greater salience as these flows of income are easily disrupted by changing perceptions of fear and the threat of crime. A...

In this paper we focus on the shift in British urban policy from the crudely authoritarian imposition of Urban Development Corporations (UDCs) upon poor localities in the 1980s to an apparently more devolved, localist strategy in the 1990s. This new approach offered to re-empower local government and respect local priorities in the framework of local ‘partnerships’ between government (central a...

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Tourism is a progressively major part of economies of urban areas. Urban regeneration as a subcategory of urban tourism has been the center of many urban projects. This study addresses the role of space syntax theory as an analytical tool and design aided tool in urban regeneration. For this purpose, we examined the development of a square in the Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC) using space synt...